Jim05 wrote:Michael Hartley has decided to pursue options elsewhere and has left Essendon. Has been some talk that the Hawks might pick him up

I know we liked him years ago pre draft.

Obviously hasnt played much in the ones recently Jim but I thought he looked OK in 2016 when the second stringers were playing. Has he dropped off or more a victim of KPD depth?

What KPD depth?

Trouble is he really isn’t a KPD and is a pretty limited footballer. Ideally Joe is fit and Hooker plays back all season. Think we are trying to groom Francis for one of those pots eventually and Zerk-Thatcher has came along very nicely so would be higher on the price king order than Hartley